“Wow! @SrBachchan Amithabh has openly lent his voice to promote Modi. He has promoted Gujarat ever since Modi was its CM, but this is the first time, I think, he’s promoted Modi himself,” is a claim accompanying a video viral on... Read More
Author - Pooja Chaudhuri
Pooja Chaudhuri began her career working as a market research fellow, however, her deep-seated interests in media and a knack for writing led her to the field of journalism. She works in the capacity of a writer at Alt News, actively pursuing media misreports.
According to Facebook’s weekly ad library report, a pro-BJP Facebook page ‘My First Vote For Modi’ has incurred the maximum expenditure on political ads – Rs 46.6 lakh in one week starting March 17 to March 23.The total... Read More
A claim viral on social media suggests that Rahul Gandhi, during his press conference regarding the minimum income guarantee scheme, promised Rs 12,000 per month to the poor, but said that Rs 72,000 will be deposited in their accounts every year.... Read More
“Indian Police beating Muslim in mosque while offering prayer,” is the caption used by several Pakistani Twitter users to share a video of police lathi-charge. From the Twitter handle of one @javaidShaikh, the clip attracted over 13,000... Read More
“मोदी,शाह,चुनाव आयोग की मिलीभगत की खुली पोल।मध्य प्रदेश के बीना बाजार में बिना नंबर की स्कूल... Read More
“चमचों की राजमाता “सोनिया गाँधी”अपने दिनों में कांग्रेस को मजबूत बनाती हुई... Read More
“Ads related to politics and issues of national importance that have run on Facebook or Instagram” amounted to Rs 2.5 crore between March 2 and 16, revealed Alt News’s weekly analysis of Facebook ad library data. Out of this total... Read More
Former Indian cricketer and Loksabha MP Kirti Azad tweeted a caricature of PM Modi claiming that it was one of TIME magazine’s cover photos. The image is meant to depict a compromised Indian media, acting as the Prime Minister’s... Read More
Two videos, showing stacks of money piled together, are being circulated to claim that the cash was seized from the residence of Karnataka Congress minister DK Shivakumar. The text used to share both videos says –“दिल्ली... Read More
A message viral on social media claims that the New Zealand government has ordered for the shutdown of all mosques in the country as they are the breeding ground for terrorists. Social media users are circulating this text in the backdrop of the recent... Read More